Re: Cannot mount old drive with LVM partition - help!

noi <noi@xxxxxxxx> wrote in news:EeXTg.6607$TV3.5327
@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com:

Second do not panic.
With FC3 as the primary system, boot from the FC5 DVD

boot: linux rescue
# you get the prompt

$ chroot /mnt/sysimage

$ ls ~

# you should still see your data

If you can see your data then you can disconnect the FC3
and reinstall FC5 without the LVM.

No can do. When I try that, the rescue disc scans for Fedora installations
and does not find any, therefore it does not mount any. Examining the
logical volume group with the xwindows LVM tool shows that it is present on
/dev/hdb2, which is correct, and it has a different name now, VolGroup01.
The physical view shows 189Gb of space which is correct. The logical view
shows all of that space as free. Now I know that all my files are still
there, the darned thing did not run long enough to erase all of the files,
but something happened to the logical drive and now all the space is marked
as "Free" with no files present. Bummer.

I gotta find some way to bring them back.

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